a manifesto for us all
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A manifesto for us all - crafters and artists alike.
I have this up near my computer screen so that I can see it often!
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Rachael Said,
Sunday, August 6, 2006 @ 7:16 am
This you should make into a print! I think we all need to read it!!!(I sure do!) i love your art
manifesto on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Said,
Wednesday, August 9, 2006 @ 12:13 am
[...] manifesto To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser andinstall the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. _decorate(_ge(’photo_notes’), _ge(’photoImgDiv205745013′), 205745013, ‘http://static.flickr.com/65/205745013_9a49fc9501_t.jpg’, ‘1.5′); a manifesto for me and for all of us http://www.jenleheny.com/archives/218 [...]
gina halladay Said,
Friday, August 11, 2006 @ 1:44 pm
Jen, I love the manifesto…I am going to post it on QuiltersBuzz and link to your site. Did you do the graphics? Gina
Kate Said,
Friday, August 11, 2006 @ 3:20 pm
Love the manifesto. Love your art.
katrin Said,
Saturday, August 12, 2006 @ 8:20 pm
this ist wonderful… and SO true!
i don´t know how others think about it, but i have issues with all of those rules… maybe i should write them down an pin them to my wall in a huge size, so i don´t forget them… (or ignore them
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Caitlin O'Connor Said,
Sunday, August 13, 2006 @ 11:30 pm
DEFINITELY words to live by!
gina Said,
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 @ 1:03 pm
yup, I think you should print this baby up….Feedback has been great and you have inspired others…Someone wrote up a quilter’s manifesto…following your lead…Gina
Tracy Said,
Thursday, August 17, 2006 @ 10:37 pm
GREAT manifesto! Those are words to craft & live by! A print of this would terrific. Crafter everywhere should hang it up in their workspaces as a gentle daily reminder. Just last week came across your blog, it’s beauitful, and so is all you create!
sew-mad Said,
Friday, August 18, 2006 @ 4:13 am
[...] browsing through some of my favoured blogs (i need to keep up - i´m weeks behind it seems) i stumbled over some very, very true words over at artful jens blog.she made a piece of art to remind us of some things we all sometimes seem to forget (or, in my case, simply ignore them *grin*).hope she doesn´t mind me quoting the words of her manifesto to pronounce on it (don´t take it too serious, though!):* get organizedwell, my sewing room is a mess. i tidy up from time to time, but one week (or one projekt) later it looks just like before. i always seek something. be it the one and only right button i know i have had or the pattern i put aside to sew it “some time later” or my scissors. i always loose them.* tidy up your messuhm. i´m a chaotic person. i wipe off the table with my hand. what falls down is going to the trash. then i take other things i used and put them from my cutting to my writing table. from there they´re transported to the floor, when i need to write something…* use what you havegoddamn! call me the natural born shopper. seeing something means wanting it. not that i neccessarily buy it, but there always will be “the other” fabric i need for the project i want to make. and mostly it´s not the fabric i have handy.okay, i´m trying to get over this the last weeks.* sell the excessO.Osell? my? fabrics? never-ever!you want them? you´ll need take them out of my cold hands after you rolled my dead body away from it.* finish what you startexcept from that blouse, the hand-appliqué for dsis, the bra … everything´s finished (or will be finished in the nearer future). …* put your plans into actionhardest part. there are so many plans, and so little time!i have to admit that there´s sometimes hardly time to make the neccessary… so often “great” plans are postponded-postponded-postponed… and finally are not realised.you see, i´m a BAD human being. how about you?do you have issues with those points or are you an angel-like role model for us all?very-merry:me and my inner madhatter
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Susannah Said,
Saturday, August 19, 2006 @ 3:41 pm
That’s perfect! I think I REALLY need that next to my computer screen too
ThisNext - Blog Said,
Monday, August 21, 2006 @ 5:39 am
Speaking of multi-taskers, Red Instead is a blog by a mom in Australia who runs a home business creating jewelry, bags, art and crafty items…and the occasional manifesto for “crafters” which, quite frankly, is just as useful for non-crafters too.
lia (artjunkgrl) Said,
Friday, September 29, 2006 @ 3:05 am
love seeing your art journals on flickr! glad u are back! hope your arm is better! I just love this one above! yes, I need those reminders too! everytime I see your pages I want to start up my journal again! great work. I love your blog too! glad I visited.
Lia
Bec Said,
Friday, September 29, 2006 @ 7:05 pm
This is wonderful. I agree. You should sell prints.